Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol releases at Kao Specialties Americas LLC rose from 2k lb to 58k lb (38.5×) between 2023 and 2024.
TRI facility · TRI 2024 reporting year
Kao Specialties Americas LLC
Total reported releases 60k lb rose by an order of magnitude year over year (+646%). Total releases concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
243 WOODBINE ST, High Point, North Carolina · 325211 · Chemicals · operated by Kao America INC
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Notable Signals
Chemicals reported · most recent year
What This Facility Releases
Ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol concentrations have more than doubled since 2020.
Methanol
Methanol concentrations have more than doubled since 2010.
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Styrene
Styrene concentrations have more than halved since 2011.
Allyl alcohol
Allyl alcohol concentrations have more than halved since 2010.
Ethylene oxide
Ethylene oxide volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Propylene oxide
Propylene oxide volumes here are too small to anchor a multi-year trend; YoY movement is still shown above.
Equity context · ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics
Who Lives Next To This Facility
Within 3 miles of this facility (27 Census block groups, population-weighted demographics): a population of 33,972. Why we surface this →
44.2%
Low-income
51.3%
People of color
6.6%
Under age 5
12.6%
Over age 64
Source: Census ACS 2018-2022 block-group demographics, population-weighted across the 3-mile buffer around this facility (from USEPA-clone/EJAM-open blockgroupstats). Indicator-level percentile and EJ-disparity scores are surfaced on the county page and the state page — they describe wider regional exposure burdens, not effects attributable to a single facility.
Source. EPA Toxics Release Inventory · retrieved 2026-05-07. Reporting year 2024. TRI is a federal public-domain dataset under 17 USC §105.
What this is not. TRI quantifies releases reported by the facility under EPCRA §313 — not ambient air or water concentrations measured at receptors. We do not attribute individual health outcomes to specific facilities; that exceeds what the data can support.